The aim is to scale back the budget for director Timur Bekmambetov. Ahab will also be depicted as more charismatic, rather than just hell-bent on revenge. [Source: Chicago Tribune]

The Diviners
Paramount Pictures has plans to adapt Libba Bray's upcoming novel into a feature with Bray herself attached to provide the screenplay.

The story follows a young girl shipped to New York who has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult. A rash of occult-based murders soon comes to light. [Source: Screen Daily]